BOULDER – Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey does almost everything for his school’s football program except book flights and hotels. He’s the college game’s premier go-to guy in all-purpose yardage per game, with his 244.25 average in rushing, receiving and returning kicks underscoring his weekly value to the Cardinal.
He visits Folsom Field on Saturday (11 a.m., Pac-12 Networks), and if any player on the opposite sideline can identify with all that McCaffrey is asked to do, it’s Donovan Lee.
There are a couple of major differences, though, beyond their weekly productivity.
Raised in Colorado in an ultra-athletic family (father Ed was a celebrated Stanford/Broncos receiver, mother Lisa a Stanford soccer player), McCaffrey entered his sophomore season in Palo Alto knowing he likely would touch the football nearly as much Cardinal quarterback Kevin Hogan.